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Krishna

Figure
1825-1875 (made)
Place of origin

Krishna crawling with a tiered crown and frilled decoration on the shoulders, a tiny pot-like object is beneath the left hand.
740A: Krishna crawling with his hair is in a topknot and a pot-like form (butter pot?) below his left hand.
740B: Krishna wearing a seven-pointed crown, with a topknot behind it with frilled details on the shoulders. There is a pot-like object below the left hand. Brassy coloour with little wear.
740C: Krishna crawling and wearing a seven-pointed crown but with a large fan-like headdress, perhaps meant to be peacock feathers, taking up almost half the height. Brassy colour with little wear.
740D: Krishna crawling with his hair in topknot with a well-defined hairline. Dark brass colour, little wear.
740E: Krishna crawling with elongated proportions wearing a tall crown. Brassy colour, moderate wear.
740F: Krishna crawlingWearing a small crown showing some southern influence, which suggests a southern Deccan provenance. There is a small, shapeless lump below the left hand. Brassy colour, light wear.
740G: I tiny figure of Krishna crawling with his hair in a top knot. There is a stump below his left hand. Copper colour, moderate wear.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 8 parts.

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TitleKrishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Copper alloy, casting
Brief description
Krishna crawling, sculpture, copper alloy, Deccan, 1825-1874, India
Physical description
Krishna crawling with a tiered crown and frilled decoration on the shoulders, a tiny pot-like object is beneath the left hand.
740A: Krishna crawling with his hair is in a topknot and a pot-like form (butter pot?) below his left hand.
740B: Krishna wearing a seven-pointed crown, with a topknot behind it with frilled details on the shoulders. There is a pot-like object below the left hand. Brassy coloour with little wear.
740C: Krishna crawling and wearing a seven-pointed crown but with a large fan-like headdress, perhaps meant to be peacock feathers, taking up almost half the height. Brassy colour with little wear.
740D: Krishna crawling with his hair in topknot with a well-defined hairline. Dark brass colour, little wear.
740E: Krishna crawling with elongated proportions wearing a tall crown. Brassy colour, moderate wear.
740F: Krishna crawlingWearing a small crown showing some southern influence, which suggests a southern Deccan provenance. There is a small, shapeless lump below the left hand. Brassy colour, light wear.
740G: I tiny figure of Krishna crawling with his hair in a top knot. There is a stump below his left hand. Copper colour, moderate wear.
Dimensions
  • 740 c 1874 height: 6.7cm
  • 740 c 1874 weight: 68g
  • 740 b 1874 height: 7.5cm
  • 740 b 1874 weight: 228g
  • 740 e 1874 height: 6.2cm
  • 740 e 1874 weight: 66g
  • 740 1874 height: 7.5cm
  • 740 1874 weight: 273g
  • 740 a 1874 height: 8cm
  • 740 a 1874 weight: 285g
  • 740 d 1874 height: 5.3cm
  • 740 d 1874 weight: 102g
  • 740 f 1874 height: 4.5cm
  • 740 f 1874 weight: 71g
  • 740 g height: 3.5cm
  • 740 g weight: 30g
Object history
From the collection of William Tayler. The South Indian Museum purchased over 1,000 miscellaneous Indian objects from William Tayler, who went to India in 1829 retiring to England in 1867. Tayler collected pieces for his ‘Indian Museum’ while Postmaster-General of Bengal (1845-50) during which he recorded in his published memoirs that he had visited ‘almost every station in Orissa and Bengal’, as well as ’Darjeeling, Simlah and Nepal’, quoted in Barnard, 2008. P.97
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Barnard, Nick, Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection London: V&A Publishing, 2008 p.97
Collection
Accession number
740-1874

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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